I like it a lot. Rihanna delivers a vocal masterpiece and ropes in the beat from “Umbrella” that made her a huge star previously, albeit slowed-down. You can definitely feel her being drunk on love as her delivery sounds as though she was high on alcohol when she recorded the...

There’s nothing unique about Coldplay’s new album, it sounds like all of the songs are just chapters of a same song, only with different tempo. Yes, I’m not a Coldplay fan, except “Life in Technicolor” which I believe is an excellent track. Rihanna teams up with...

Fooking hell! Eminem’s on a roll in terms of angst rapping. This time, his mentor Dr Dre lends his rapping too and it’s from Dre’s upcoming album, “Detox”. Skylar Grey, though not a household name, is actually the person who wrote the chorus to Rihanna and...

I’m no fan of Nicky Minaj and her style of singing, because it sounds like a bad white rapper whose trying to sound black. Rihanna on the other hand, empowers the tune with a haunting chorus that you feel Minaj’s contribution is insulting to Rihanna. DOWNLOAD Nicki Minaj featuring...

Overall, Rihanna’s new album, “Loud” is much better than her previous effort. There are a handful of good tunes, and this rock-ish R&B number is one of the good ones. The intro has some similarities to Fergie’s Big Girls Don’t Cry, the guitar playing. I think...

So far, I’ve been liking what Rihanna’s been dishing out recently, unlike her last album, which was dark and pathetic. I’m looking forward to her new album to be released in the next few weeks. It’s nice to see her stopped falling sorry for herself and return to what...

Coolness! The roles have changed! The original song had Eminem doing all the rapping with Rihanna singing the chorus. Part 2 sees Rihanna taking center stage with the verses and chorus, while Eminem delivers another rapping lesson right at the bridge. It’s a bloody awesome continuation...

It looks like Rihanna’s overcoming the darkness that has blighted her recent releases. This reggaesque Christmas track seems to highlight her embrace of positivity again. While it’s not a Christmas carol that’ll make me run to the stores to buy the CD, it’s not a waste...

This tune sounds like a blatant ripoff of Rihanna’s Please Don’t Stop The Music who sampled Michael Jackson’s “Wanna Be Startin’ Something”. It’s a timid release by Blue who I expected to mature into a more adult-oriented genre, but I guess once a...

This is the best song off Eminem’s latest album, otherwise another major dud by a star who I can confidently call a has-been. Rihanna being her usual dark self still milking the Chris Brown drama which I was skeptical as usual. Surprisingly though, the combination of a has-been and a...

I never liked this song, nor Rihanna’s new album, which is insipidly dark and dull. Nevertheless, I wanted to share a remix version of “Rude Boy”, a song that for the life of me, cannot fathom why it is dominating the charts. The current generation of music fans are a weird...

This is my 4th annual edition of the best songs of the year, based solely on my personal preferences. I started with 2006 where Hinder took pole with “Lips of an Angel”. In 2007, it was very Bon Jovi for me because of their strong Lost Highway album that made “The Last...